That's not even a theory, that's baseless speculation. Why would someone that has happily exploited the system suddenly decide to try changing it once they're finally on top of it? It makes for a classic thriller plot, but people don't really work that way. If he was committed to change he would have worked at it his whole life, he wouldn't have denied that part of himself for decades in the million to one hope that it would help him one day become president for four years.
That's not baseless speculation, it's intelligent insights. Why wouldn't they? If they have to game the system in order to stay alive, then that's what they have to do. Now that they're on top to change the system, they'll make it even ground for everybody so that they can compete fairly without gaming it. What's not to understand?
So is this his real estate or hospitality business we're talking about? If it's the former then a lot more money can be saved by completing projects ahead of schedule, labor costs are a huge part of real estate though the piece of land (being developed) is probably the most expensive chunk. You don't have to get Chinese Steel in order to make a profit, (labor) time is equally important if not more than the raw material costs, from what I understand of real estate.
Nope service sector jobs aren't coming back to the US in good numbers either.
There will never be a level playing, the US has ensured that by buying tons of cheap Chinese goods over the last so many years, that going back is nigh impossible. The cherry on top is that you (sometimes) willingly & other times through (Chinese) hacks have transferred more than enough tech & manufacturing that China will be the world's defacto factory for at least this century.
I can & that's why I'm saying it's near impossible for a single nation to make them stop, with the trade & currency manipulation. The EU+US might do it but I doubt anyone over there has any real balls for it.
Why would he? He's got nothing to gain from that, his kids and their kids would have something to lose from it, and he generally seems to act in his own self-interest in all cases. I'm not casting judgment on that, it's just a statement, and I have no reason to believe it will change. I will be happy to be proven wrong in this case.
He's already the greatest president in his own mind, I'm sure. This is the ultimate ego stroke for a wildly egotistical man.
Like you, I also have no idea what is going to happen. But, I don't shut out the possibility of Trump actually wants to do good. That's the difference between you and I, and some other posters in this thread.
No, keep going, let's see how tolerant and open minded you really are.
Yeah, this is why I say there's no point.
Well, even after I pointed out the reasons why he would want to change, you came right back with "why would he"? Don't know how much more "legitimately" productive I can be.
Been thinking about this. There was talk before the election that a lot of people were saying they will boycott Trump enterprises. I'd be very surprised at this point if that didn't gain a lot of steam. Indeed, I expect picketing, probably a lot worse. I think Trump will find that his presidency is very bad for his business unless he is very agile. I don't know that he will be able to avoid the damage that's coming. His business AFAIK is real estate of various kinds (exposed targets) and products (exposed in terms of being subject to boycott).
He has no ethics. He has so much baggage it's way way way beyond ridiculous. Fact is the people who voted for him were willing to put all that aside, pretend it wasn't there for their own reasons. We're stuck with him. Well, unless...
He's broken so many unwritten rules already it doesn't make any difference now. His previous scandals and brushes with the law should've been enough to dissuade him from attempting to run in the first place. Not releasing his tax returns was another red flag. But hey he's going to make America great again so who cares.
More of the same by type is not quite the same thing as more of the same by degree though.
